The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-11-01
CATTLE GROWERS.
The Cattle Industry Of This
Country is Under
CLOUD OF MISFORTUNE.
AdFuiral NichoIson's Funeral-suici o
Tho Cardinal-The National
Game-Genera1.
The Cattle Growers.

KANSAS CRY, October 31.-The Con-
soiidated Cattle Growers Association
of the United States assembled in an
nual convention this afternoon.
N. j. Coleman, Commissioner of
Agriculture, addressed the convention.
he said the cattle industry of this
country, representing ST. 200, 600 900. was
under cloud of misfortune at present,
but he was satisfied that the population
OF the country is increasing far more
rapidly than is the beef supply, and that
this circumstance would remedy mat
tiers. He then proceeded to read semi
official statement of the work of
his department in fighting pleuro-
pneumonia. After summarizing the
appropriations and authority given
by Congress 10 the bureau for the pur-
pose of discriminating the plague.
Coleman said he had prepared series
of rules and regulations. which he sent
TO the governors OF the various States
and Territories, with request that they
Cooperate in observance of them.
Thirty one States andsTerritories had
responded and promised their assist
ance. He had also submitted to the
State Legislatures an act providing for
State cooperation. This bill had be-
come law i'll Rhode Island, Virginia,
New York and Illinois. In regard to
the actual work of the department, he
mentioned that Cook County, Illinois.
and number of counties in New
York and Maryland had been
placed in quarantine A circular had
been issued TO the railroads,
asking their cooperation and he was
pleased to state thar very effective assist
ance had been rendered by them. From
January to October Is OF the present
year, the inspectors of the bureau of
animal industry had examiner 1865
herds, containing 92,79 head of cattle.
OF these, 478 herds, containing $50
cattle. were placed in special quaran-
tine, and 1,209 were found to be dis
eased. This does not include the Chi
cago quarantine. Coleman, in saying
from Cook County, Illinois, remarked
that the quarantine would be removed
about December 1st. Maryland and
New York had been the worst hot
beds CT the disease. For years
it has existed in Maryland and deied
all attempts to extirpate it. Ehe cities
of New York, Brooklyn and Baltimore
and their suburbs for forty years had
been plague spots, whence the disease
had spread to other parts of the coun-
try. but in Maryland we now have
things under control. The commits
sioner read statistics of a number of
herds examined and quarautined in
Maryland, New Jersey and New York,
and spoke encOuragingly of affairs in
the latter State, where the Legislature
and the governor have invited the
placing of the whole business under
government control, In regard to the
needs of the bureau for the next year.
Mr.. Coleman said that about all that
was necessary was a sufficient appro-
prietlon, as the work was progressing
smoothly and Systematically. In con
! clusior, the Commissioner said: II
have not alluded to the fact that the
disease has been stamped out in N is
souri,. where one Illinois bull, coming
into the State at Fulton, caused @
quarantine against the whole State and
loss to cattle men of 81 600 600, |
have not alluded to the fact that it has
been stamped out in Kentucky, where
the amount OF the loss was 50 100000.
1t has been estimated that the cattle
disease in the past forty-five years has
cost Great Britain $500 ,000 900. 1t ex-
lists there to day. in almost as bad
form as it ever did. They have strong
laws, but they leave the execution
of them to the local authorities.
The disease needs heroic treat
ment. In Scotland, it is so bad to-
day that, upon my recommendation
this country has declared quarantine
against all Scotch cattle and 1t has been
my ambition to see the disease wiped
out till not trace of it shall remain,
and in year and a half l expect to
have this ambition gratifed, and, l will
say, it may be a wise idea to quarantine
against all Europe, which has been the
hot-bed of disease, which afterwards
affected this country" cloud ap-
plause). After paying compliment
| to cattie-growers and cattle of this
country, the commissioner retired. His
paper as well as other matters pertain,
ing to pleuro- pneumon a were made